Some bands are great enough to make Scuttlegoat rise through the January sludge of slam-diving. After all, why not take a break with some quality music when $lamuary fails to deliver? But sometimes shit hits the fan even after they escape the sewers.
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Invictus – Nocturnal Visions Review
Join Bobo for his morning seminar on bear nutrition. Start by grounding your breakfast with some Noctrunal Visions, before you move on to the D that Invictus graces your tastebuds with.
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Enduring Revery – Rhythmic Reciprocity Review
The mix of genres and general feel of Carrier is still here, but Gibson has this time opted for a slightly leaner experience and focused on making some of the songs tighter in progression and intent.
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Smohalla – Ruina Draconis Review
It’s always struck Anti-Peat as interesting how labels like avant-garde stop being a descriptor of being on the edge and become a set established sound of their own within a genre. Travel down the ruined dragon’s hole.
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An Abstract Illusion – The Sleeping City Review
In the Gator’s semi-advanced age, a conciliary mindset directed him to pick up the promo for The Sleeping City. But pressing play on “Blackmurmur”, and sitting through seven minutes of intro before the song reaches its four minutes of actual meat had him moments away from reaching for the metaphorical knife again.
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Morke – To Carry On Review
As Obsequiae have proved, flavoring your metal with some medievalism works. Now Morke’s mastermind Eric Wing is seeking to carry on growing that new tradition with their fourth album To Carry On. Time to dust off your chainmail and give this a spin.
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Krigsgrav – Stormcaller Review
“Stormcaller jumps from genre to genre as the mood takes it, and it is highly impressive how seamless those jumps are”, Anti-Peat jots down in his notebook stained with metal salad and dirt from Texan trenches, wishing someone would just shoot at him through the thick atmosphere.
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Ministry – The Squirrely Years Revisited Review
As a musician, sometimes you get high. Sometimes your name is Al. And sometimes you listen to one of your early albums—only to find yourself holding a new version of it with a cover featuring a squirrel with a raging boner.
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Unlock the Crypts
Crypts of the Unknown: Loss – Horizonless
